To empower interested young people to enter the design and construction industries a consortium of like minded professionals have banded together to create an opportunity to invest in our future. On September 15th in conjunction with the AIA Kentucky/Indiana Convention, the American Institute of Architects Central Kentucky Chapter (AIA-CKC), the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) Louisville Chapter, the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Louisville Lexington City Center, the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) Kentucky Chapter, National Association of Women In Construction (NAWIC) Louisville Chapter and the Kentucky US Green Building Council (Kentucky USGBC) are hosting a bourbon tasting, dinner and silent auction with live music and raffles. All of this will support the ACE (Architecture, Construction, Engineering) Mentor Scholarship Program. ACE, besides providing an introduction to the construction industry to high school students, also provides renewable scholarship opportunities to students who have completed the ACE program and have been accepted into an accredited Architectural, Construction or Engineering college degree program. Through this event we will help motivated and interested young people enter our optimistic industry of design & construction.